Street Generation(s): 40 years of Urban Art

Bringing art on the street to the museum or gallery is certainly not an easy task.  You can’t escape it. Somehow somewhere, you will see it, accidently. It will appear in front of your eyes, either in the place that you expected to find them, or in the most unexpected place. Yes,  I am talking…

Trespassing Viola’s Video

Each piece of Bill Viola’s work always has particular serenity that makes people need to stay longer facing them. I’ve seen several of Viola’s, and while staring at it, each time I always wonder what is it in there? Is it the subtle movement? Is it the expression of its subject? Is it the articulations…

Seratus Tahun Bersama Soledad

  “Burung-burung itu sudah lama saya biarkan pergi,” kata Salim lirih. “Yang tersisa hanya Soledad”. Dengan tangan gemetar, jari keriputnya kemudian menunjuk sebuah baskom merah tua, yang didalamnya tertumpuk batu-batu berlumut, di dekat jendela. Soledad seperti paham sedang jadi pembicaraan tuannya. Ia pun mengangkat kepalanya yang hitam dengan garis-garis kuning keluar dari air sambil mengangguk…

A woman without a face

  Like everybody else, the first time I saw her, I wondered, is she real? I mean, a real, breathing human being? Because she is real in a way. She wears an ordinary trench coat, grey jeans pants, white sneakers, black cross-body purse, plastic transparent bag hanging from her hands with several ordinary items: rolled-up…

Air Mata Uang Menghina Tuhan

Di Belgia, ateisme melenggang masuk gereja. Seorang pendeta dituntut, dan arti Kristen kembali dipertanyakan. INI kasus baru dengan langgam lama: ada manusia dituduh menghina Tuhan, lalu sekelompok manusia lain merasa wajib menghukum. Tertuduh pertama, Kazimierz Piotrowski, setahun lalu dipecat sebagai kurator dan ketua asosiasi pematung Museum Nasional Warsawa, Polandia. Dua pekan lalu, lahir tertuduh kedua:…